Concrete Driveway Design Videos

Design ideas and tips for creating beautiful concrete driveways with patterns, colors and other unique options.

Concrete Driveways - Staining and Sawcutting Ideas

Time: 02:59

Scott Cohen of The Green Scene, an award-winning designer of eye-catching concrete hardscapes, shows how to transform a plain-gray concrete driveway using sawcutting and staining techniques. One of his favorite patterns -- decorative banding -- is an impressive effect that can be achieved with minimal effort. Simply cut parallel and perpendicular score lines into the concrete with a walk-behind saw, and then go over the pattern with acid-based chemical stains, applying layers of different colors. Cohen also shows you how to upgrade an existing concrete driveway with acid stains applied in contrasting bands of color.

Cohen shares his five favorite approaches for transforming concrete driveways inexpensively and easily:

Decorative banding with parallel and perpendicular score lines

Acid-stained bands of color

Splatter patterns of stain in three contrasting colors

Diamond sawcut patterns accented by decorative banding

Integrally colored concrete stamped with stone-textured mats and then scored into large 5-foot squares.

Colored Concrete Driveways

Time: 0:36

Cohen explains how to dress up concrete driveways by applying layers of color, starting with a light base color followed by darker shades of stain. To add even more interest, install decorative banding in a contrasting color.